Archivi.ng | PM News, Wednesday, May 7, 1997

Newspaper from 1997/05/07

A bomb exploded in Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria, narrowly missing its target but shattering the windscreen of a military vehicle. This is the third bombing in Lagos this year and the seventh since November 1996. The bombings have resulted in injuries and fatalities, with the latest one occurring on January 7 and February 12, 1997. Two detained journalists, Godwin Agbroko and Mrs. Ladi Olorunyomi, have been freed.

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A bomb exploded in Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria, narrowly missing its target but shattering the windscreen of a military vehicle. This is the third bombing in Lagos this year and the seventh since November 1996. The bombings have resulted in injuries and fatalities, with the latest one occurring on January 7 and February 12, 1997. Two detained journalists, Godwin Agbroko and Mrs. Ladi Olorunyomi, have been freed.

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